 TIBET: 1950-2010 - 60 years under occupation
Wednesday 10 March: 51st commemoration of the Tibetan Uprising in Lhasa. Make your voice heard, take part in a mass lobby for Tibet ... even if you cannot make it to London, register for a Lobby Pack and write or email to your MP or meet him or her in your local constituency. You can also raise a Tibetan flag in solidarity with Tibet on 10 March at home, at work, at school, in your car or anywhere else it will be seen flying with pride!
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Details and links of when and how Tibet has been raised in the UK parliament during the parliamentary session 2009-2010
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Rome on 18 & 19 November 2009
Attended by 200 parliamentarians and representatives of parliamentary organisations from 29 countries, the two-day conference was opened by the Hon. Matteo Mecacci, President of the Italian Parliamentary Inter-Group for Tibet and included addresses by the Dalai Lama, Penpa Tsering, Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile and Samdhong Rinpoche, the Kalon Tripa. Lord Steel and Sukhdev Sharma (Chair of the Working Group on China, European economic and social committee) both gave first hand accounts of their recent respective visits to Tibet and there were also briefings from Isabel Hilton (CEO, China dialogue) on “China’s global strategies including on Tibet” and Lodi Gyari on the Sino-Tibetan dialogue. A very strong presentation was given on the “Tibetan Plateau and Climate Change” by Tenzin Norbu from the Environment Desk in the Tibetan administration’s Department of Information and International Relations and Kate Saunders, Communications Director, International Campaign for Tibet. |
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In April 2009 the Chinese media reported that following trials in the Lhasa Municipal Intermediate People’s Court , death sentences had been meted out to five Tibetans. Two Tibetans, Lobsang Gyaltsen and Loyak, each received a death sentence without reprieve, three further Tibetans, Tenzin Phuntsok, Kangtsuk and Penkyi from Sakya County, each received a death sentence with a two-year reprieve. In parliament questions were immediately raised and Kate Hoey tabled an EDM condemning the sentences and questioning if internationally recognised due legal processes were followed in the trials. On 20 October 2009 Lobsang Gyaltsen and Loyak were executed in Lhasa. In condemnation of these judical executions, on 27 October Harry Cohen, Chair of the All Party Parliamntnary Group for Tibet, with cross party support, tabled EDM 2150: Executions in Lhasa, Tibet, 20 October 2009. | To see how you can take action click [here] |
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March 10th 2009 was the first mass lobby for Tibet in the UK parliament, with over 250 supporters taking part. This gave great encouragement to the Tibetan community here in Britain, who continues to urge those who could not make it to communicate their concern about the situation in Tibet to their MP.
Tibet Society believes it is vital to keep the pressure on the British government by writing or sending a fax or, even better, to meet your MP by going to a local surgery or Westminster and asking about their party's policy on Tibet.
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